Off the beaten path adventures and musings.
My car left me on the side of the road today. I was thinking about the past times that I've had serious car trouble and somehow it feels like I've had more than most. Or at least I've been stuck at the side of the road more... I think all of my vehicles have left …
I've been looking at road trip pictures and videos(all part of a blog entry on memories that I'm still writing), and thought I'd post another journal entry from my trip last year. Enjoy. Day 13: Jasper – 77 km driven So I did attempt to go stargazing last night, but it didn't work very well. …
I sold my desk today for $20 on Kijiji. That desk was one of the more permanent parts of my life. I've had it since mid August 2007, which is a little over 7 years....that's a little more than a quarter of my life, and I think it may be one of the longer lasting …
I've been wishing I was on the road again. So I thought I'd post another entry written during last year's trip. The highlight of Jasper was the summit of Whistler's mountain. If it hadn't started to rain, I might have spent all day up there....and there are a very few places that can captivate me …
Beep, beep, beep.... I jump up and turn off the 4am alarm. I haven't really slept due to excitement, so getting up so early isn't hard. I quickly transfer bags of food and ice from the freezer to the cooler, which is the only remaining thing to be packed as the rest of the camping …
Hiking through the bush at a brisk pace, sweating from the heat, and swatting at mosquitoes, I start to wonder why I put myself through this. My feet hurt and it feels like I've been hiking a long time. Eventually the trees open up and I can see the lake ahead. I pause in a …
Most great roads that I've been on have moments of normal...times where the road is straight and there isn't much to see. The great views and twisty parts come and go, punctuated by more or less regular driving. The Icefields Parkway is not like that. It is back to back, amazing mountains...with no normal parts. …
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I really enjoyed my second day in Banff. The time spent cruising down the Bow Valley Parkway with nowhere to be, no specific plan, and not a care in the world, was a highlight that I will always remember. At this point in the trip there was no real sense of time, and no real …
I have looked forward to visiting Banff for many years. The pictures that I had seen in books were amazing. Lake Louise, Morraine Lake, Sulphur mountain...the list goes on. I feel like it's a crime to not like Banff, but it was one of the few places I visited that didn't live up to expectations. …
Looking back on the road trip, I find it interesting to see which memories stuck out and embedded themselves in my mind. My memory from day 8 is this: driving through Kootenay, with the windows down, arm out the window, surrounded by wonders...not a care in the world. I recall thinking that this was exactly …
The Narrow Twisty Road 